Japan Institute for National Fundamentals

2018.03.29 (Thu)

【#504】Bolton’s Nomination and Japan

March 26, 2018 　　　　　John Bolton, a former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, will become President Donald Trump’s national security adviser on April 9. I met with him six to seven times. He is...

2017.09.21 (Thu)

【#469(Special)】Talks with Senior U.S. Officials on North Korean Problems

September 20, 2017 　　　　　For about a week from September 11, I visited Washington and New York as a member of a joint delegation of the Association of the Families of Victims Kidnaped by North Kore...

2017.07.20 (Thu)

【#454】Japanese and U.S. Lawmakers’ Different Responses to Liu’s Death

July 18, 2017 　　　　　Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and U.S. President Donald Trump made similar responses to the July 13 death of Chinese democratic activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xi...

2017.05.24 (Wed)

【#441】Media Reports Biased toward Trump Impeachment

May 22, 2017 　　　　　Major Japanese media including the Asahi Shimbun newspaper and Japan Broadcasting Corp. known as NHK have been spinning a story that U.S. President Donald Trump is losing voters’...

2016.09.15 (Thu)

【#397】15th Anniversary of 9/11 and Japan

September 12, 2016 　　　　　On September 11, the United States marked the 15th anniversary of terrorist attacks in 2001. Given that 24 Japanese citizens were among the victims of the attacks by the al...

2016.08.24 (Wed)

【#394】Biden’s Remark and Japanese Constitution

August 22, 2016 　　　　　U.S. Vice President Joe Biden’s remark on the Japanese constitution on August 15 has become controversial in Japan. When criticizing Republican presidential nominee Donald Tru...

2016.07.27 (Wed)

【#389】Where Has Leader of Free World Gone?

July 25, 2016 　　　　　Ronald Reagan became the first U.S. presidential candidate to adopt the slogan “Make America Great Again” in 1980. Although liberals had criticized Reagan as short-sighted and d...

2016.06.01 (Wed)

【#377(Special)】Abe Should Be Free of Colonial Performance

May 23, 2016 　　　　　It may be unconceivable that a U.S. president would call major cabinet members to the White House, request lectures from Japanese prime minister’s brains on tax and other econom...

2016.03.30 (Wed)

【#365】Listen to “Sound” Portion of Trump’s Arguments

March 28, 2016 　　　　　To avoid any misunderstanding, I must say first that Donald Trump, front-runner for the U.S. Republican presidential nomination, is not credible at all as a politician. His fre...

2015.11.11 (Wed)

【#336】Judicial Arrogation and Lawmakers’ Anemia

November 9, 2015 　　　　　On November 4, the Grand Bench of the Supreme Court concluded the trial on a suit questioning the constitutionality of a Civil Code provision denying separate family names ...